Women in the Dominican Republic have equal constitutional rights as men in the economic, political, cultural and social fields, and in the family.

By tradition, Dominican Republic women are expected to be submissive housewives, whose role in the household include childbearing and rearing, taking care of and supporting their husbands, cooking meals, cleaning the house,[4] and sewing.

They represent a significantly smaller portion of the workforce in a country that ranks as the 4th largest location of free trade zones globally.

The progressive policies implemented by the government of Juan Bosch in 1963 allowed women to begin to organize their grassroots movements at different levels of society.

Decades later, in the early 90s, women's organizations in the Dominican Republic began to demand greater inclusion in elections.

In that sense, the first female quota law was enacted on December 21, 1997, which established that at least 25 percent of candidatures for elective positions of the parties would be occupied by women.

The Dominican Republic is one of the few countries of the world which have a complete ban on abortion, without an exception for saving maternal life.

[7] Women of the Dominican Republic who belong to the lower-class live in families that have a matriarchal structure, often because the father is not at home.